Buying the best tickets for Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine CA is straightforward. The closer you are the better, except for The Pit. Even though being in The Pit is as close as you can get, the sight line isn’t. Try to get seats from around row E in the Orchestra if you want the best. Face values often escalate the closer you get to the stage and few shows have the same ticket price for all seats.

If you can afford face value for Orchestra seats, but don’t get them when the show goes on sale, go to the secondary market. You should be able to get Orchestra seats in the back of Orchestra 1 or 3 for close or under face value for shows that are not sold out. Additionally, tickets in Orchestra 2 will generally only be on the secondary market. Almost all Orchestra 2 seats that are released to the public are done so on a season ticket basis. The average cost per ticket is usually double the face value printed on the ticket. But don’t get upset if you are paying $140 for a $100 ticket! You are not getting ripped off. The season ticket holder probably bought directly from the venue for double the “printed” price.

Ticket Analyst advice for seating at Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre in Irvine:

-The pit is often overcrowded and uncomfortable for the most popular shows.

-Once you get more than 10-15 rows back in the Orchestra, it doesn’t really matter how close to the center your seat is.

-The lawn is a long steep trek and requires arrival at door time to get a good spot.

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Los Angeles Concert Ticket Analysis and Presale Passwords for the Week of August 17th

Posted in Ticket Analysis, Ticket Onsales on 20. Aug, 2009

Ticket Analyst Recommendations for the Week: There is not much to get excited about this week. The few shows that will require you to get up and buy tickets quickly are The Airborne Toxic Event and Maxwell. The Airborne Toxic Event will be tough to get decent seats for as they have already had two presales for their mailing list. Maxwell is quite expensive so if you want good seats try to get some from Ticketmaster at the on sale and if that does not work keep an eye on the secondary market. It seems as if most people do not want to spend more than $100 a ticket these days. Train in Ventura may be an okay show selling out close to the event as they have sold out The Wiltern recently.

Colbie Callait has added an additional House of Blues Anaheim show and two at the House of Blues in Los Angeles. Saturating the market like this means you shouldn’t have a problem acquiring tickets for her shows at the box office with no service fees. Also of note is a 2nd show for Brand New at the Hollywood Palladium. If you plan on going to both shows I recommend purchasing this Saturday or next at the Palladium box office to avoid service charges as the first show is selling well.

A special note of caution is needed for David Gray. The past few times he has played Los Angeles the first show has sold out quickly and then a second show added. There is enough demand for 1 show but the secondary sellers buy half the seats for the first show. When the second show is added all the fans buy that leaving the tickets for the 1st show dropping like a rock, even hard to give away.

Club Nokia Concert Tickets and Presale Passwords

Peter Bjorn and John Tickets

Peter Bjorn and John Presale Password: Living

Boys Like Girls Tickets with Cobra Starship

Boys Like Girls Presale Password: Requires Fan Club Membership

Boys Like Girls Presale Password: LOVEDRUNK

En Vogue & Ginuwine Tickets

En Vogue & Ginuwine Presale Password: AMEX Customer Service 800#

R0yksopp Tickets

R0yksopp Presale Password: GEICO

Fox Theater-Pomona Concert Tickets and Presale Passwords

Paramore Tickets

Paramore Presale Password: Requires Fan Club Membership or Fan Club Purchase

Glass House Concert Tickets and Presale Passwords

Attack Attack! Tickets

Attack Attack Presale Password: N/A

Aggrolites Tickets

Aggrolites Presale Password: N/A

Zao Tickets

Zao Presale Password: N/A

Atticus Tour 2009 Tickets with Finch

Atticus Tour 2009 w/ Finch Presale Password: N/A

House Of Blues Anaheim Concert Tickets and Presale Passwords

Bowling For Soup Tickets

Bowling For Soup Presale Password: 546616

Colbie Callait Tickets

Colbie Callait Presale Password: N/A

The Bravery Tickets

The Bravery Presale Password: 546616

Jaguares Tickets 11/14

Jaguares Tickets 11/15

Jaguares Presale Password: 546616

House Of Blues Sunset Concert Tickets and Presale Passwords

All That Remains Tickets

All That Remains Presale Password: create or 546616

KC & The Sunshine Band Tickets

KC & The Sunshine Band Presale Password: create or 546616

Nokia Theatre LA Live Concert Tickets and Presale Passwords

Enrique Bunbury Tickets

Enrique Bunbury Presale Password: N/A

Orpheum Theatre Los Angeles Tickets and Presale Passwords

David Gray Tickets

David Gray Presale Password: N/A

Walt Disney Concert Hall Tickets and Presale Passwords

The Airborne Toxic Event

The Airborne Toxic Event Presale Password: Check Artist Website

The Airborne Toxic Event Presale Password: LAPHIL

Hollywood Bowl Tickets and Presale Passwords

Maxwell Tickets

Maxwell Presale Password: NIGHT

Troubadour Tickets and Presale Passwords

Attack Attack! Tickets

Attack Attack Presale Password: N/A

The King Khan & BBQ Show Tickets

The King Khan & BBQ Show Presale Password: N/A

Souls Of Mischief Tickets

Souls Of Mischief Presale Password: N/A

The Roxy Theatre Tickets and Presale Passwords

Parachute Tickets

Parachute Presale Password: N/A

The Grove of Anaheim Tickets and Presale Passwords

Gogol Bordello Tickets

Gogol Bordello Presale Password: GYPSY

Robert Randolph and the Family Band Tickets

Robert Randolph and the Family Band Presale Password: PEDALSTEEL

Ventura Theater Tickets and Presale Passwords

Train Tickets

Train Presale Password: N/A

Gibson Amphitheatre Tickets and Presale Passwords

Linda Ronstadt Tickets

Linda Ronstadt Presale Password: 546616

Montel Williams and Sylvia Browne Tickets

Montel Williams and Sylvia Browne Presale Password: 546616

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NBA Finals tickets are HOW MUCH??

Posted in Uncategorized on 03. Aug, 2009

Tickets are $$$$$ according to the newspaper

How often do you read a headline such as NBA finals tickets are selling for $12,500 each? Well this is a lie. This is what one person thinks their tickets are worth. A broker or an individual has posted the tickets at this price hoping to get a lucky sale. It’s not what they are selling for; it’s just the asking price. How often do they sell at this price? One in a thousand, maybe! I remember watching the NBA finals a couple years ago and seeing almost the whole row behind the bench being empty till half time. This is because the individual selling the tickets waited until then to give them to their employees. With the price so high at the beginning and no squeeze at the end all the big spenders had bought other tickets.

What does this mean to me? This is actually a good thing if you desperately want to attend this event. Why is it a good thing the newspaper and radio are advertising that major event tickets are selling for the price of a car?

By advertising the extreme top of the market the media outlets are scaring off most people who would actually enquire about the price of the ticket and find out some seats are affordable. With less people in the market for tickets the prices fall further and faster than they otherwise would have enabling you to pay less for what you were going to buy anyways.

Once again the lesson is to always buy directly from the person owning the tickets and never buy within the first 24 hours of an event being confirmed or the event going on sale.